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Posted on 20 March 2012
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TITLE:
systemd Session Logout File Deletion Weakness
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA48331
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-03-19
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DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in systemd, which can be exploited by
malicious, local users to manipulate certain data.
The weakness is caused due to a race condition in the systemd-logind
component when removing certain records during user's logout and can
be exploited to delete an arbitrary file via a symlink.
The weakness is reported in version 44 and prior.
SOLUTION:
Fixed in the GIT repository.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by Michal Schmidt, Red Hat
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